Kaaren Mathias

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Dr Kaaren Mathias is a public health physician who leads Project Burans (https://projectburans.wixsite.com/burans), a partnership initiative of the Emmanuel Hospital Association, working with communities for mental health in Uttarakhand, India.

By scooter or on foot – women keep pushing for equality in Uttarakhand and around the globe

Posted in articles by Kaaren Mathias on March 1, 2019

Suddenly women are driving scooters everywhere in Mussoorie, the small North Indian town where I work with a local non-profit organisation. This change in the gender norms of vehicle driving means that I have to leave for work ten minutes earlier than I did a couple of years back. Two … Read more »

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The 2018 Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAISS): Results and Implications for Nigeria’s HIV Program

By Ibiloye Olujuwon on March 19, 2019

Results from the largest HIV Survey ever conducted in Nigeria were made public by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, on 14th March 2019. He formally unveiled the findings from the survey and launched the Revised National HIV and AIDS Strategic Framework 2019-2021 which will guide HIV … Read more »

Yemen’s health system fragmentation during the conflict: The impact on the health and nutrition status of a vulnerable population

By Sameh Al-Awlaqi on March 18, 2019

“On March 15, 2019, I was invited to speak about the health situation in Yemen at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva as a member of the Southern Independent Group in an event titled “Right to Peace and Security: The Case of Yemen”. In this article, I share … Read more »

Celebrating International Women’s Day in London

By Deepika Saluja on March 15, 2019

My recent visit to London gave me a somewhat “homely feeling”. I came across plenty of South Asians in the city, bumping into an Indian/South Asian almost every 200-300 meters, and frequently overhearing conversations in Hindi, my native language. London is a busy city with lots of tourists, and full … Read more »

Best spoof of the week: Trudeau Googles “how to keep cabinet gender parity if women keep leaving”

By Sameera Hussain on March 8, 2019

This year, International Women’s Day (IWD) is a mixed one for us Canadians – in the world of global health policy and practice, we are heralded as a beacon for global health leadership on women, and for highlighting Canadian women’s leadership in global health. The ethos of feminism espoused by the current … Read more »

Engaging citizens for evidence-informed health policies in Lebanon

By Olivia Biermann, Rana Saleh, Rima Nakkash and Fadi El-Jardali on March 5, 2019

In evidence-informed policy-making, there has been an increasing focus on involving those who are potentially affected by policies in the policy-making process. While at the Knowledge to Policy Center (K2P) (American University of Beirut, Lebanon), I spoke to Rana Saleh (Advocacy and Evidence Lead Specialist at K2P) on her work … Read more »

By scooter or on foot – women keep pushing for equality in Uttarakhand and around the globe

By Kaaren Mathias on March 1, 2019

IHP | Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

switching the poles in international health policies

Articles by Kaaren Mathias

By scooter or on foot – women keep pushing for equality in Uttarakhand and around the globe